Another moderate-conservative sees the Republican Party on the verge of political suicide

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Jul 13, 2013 at 11:10 AMJul 13, 2013 at 12:14 PM

Yesterday, I shared HERE David Brooks’ concern that the GOP is flirting with self-destruction in resisting immigration reform.

Today, similar concerns are expressed HERE by Kathleen Parker:

Republicans seem to be adopting the self-immolation tactics of principled martyrs.

Of course, principled or not, you’re still dead in the end.

At this stage in the second term of the president they couldn’t defeat, Republicans seem more like stubborn children refusing to come out of their rooms for supper, even though the alternative is going to bed hungry.

This simile is unavoidable in light of the House’s passage of a farm bill ...

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Pat Cunningham

Yesterday, I shared HERE David Brooks’ concern that the GOP is flirting with self-destruction in resisting immigration reform.

Today, similar concerns are expressed HERE by Kathleen Parker:

Republicans seem to be adopting the self-immolation tactics of principled martyrs.

Of course, principled or not, you’re still dead in the end.

At this stage in the second term of the president they couldn’t defeat, Republicans seem more like stubborn children refusing to come out of their rooms for supper, even though the alternative is going to bed hungry.

This simile is unavoidable in light of the House’s passage of a farm bill ...